BII’s TEMPO program makes commercialization a reality for innovators
The Biotechnology Entrepreneurial Competition goal was to stimulate interaction between Russian investors and TEMPO member institutes engaged in developing innovative ideas in biotechnology and biomedicine. To accomplish this goal, TEMPO held a series of educational roundtables and training for the approximately 50 research teams participating. The competition received extensive press coverage throughout Russia, attracting reporters [...]
Novelos Therapeutics in Collaboration with Shriners Hospitals to Confirm Positive Data in Acute Radiation Injury
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CIMIT-Russia Avian Flu Team Honored: Edward M. Kennedy Award for Healthcare Innovation Daily Business News (MA)
At the CIMIT Annual Briefing held this week, John A. Parrish, MD, Director, announced the recipients of the Edward M. Kennedy Award for Healthcare Innovation. Senator Kennedy spoke to the audience of 150 via a taped message to congratulate the team and CIMIT for its work. The award went to the CIMIT Russia team that [...]
BII Avian Flu Surveillance System in Russia Finds H5N1 in Siberian Birds
The avian influenza surveillance system which PTR’s BII team has been working to develop over the past 18 months yielded its second and more significant findings last week, when Russian scientists from the State Research Center for Virology and Biotechnology (VECTOR) found a new strain of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in samples that were [...]
Launch of Pilot Plant
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NPR: Russian Scientists Join Effort to Track Avian Flu
Full NPR Story All Things Considered, March 28, 2005ยท A group of scientists from Russia makes a U.S.-sponsored visit to American influenza labs this month to learn more about tracking emerging flu viruses. As concerns rise over avian flu, experts hope the Russians will contribute to the understanding of how killer flu viruses spread.
RAPS press release: Russians Seek to Enhance Status in Global Healthcare Community
View the press release Link no longer available In an effort to transform Russia into a full-fledged player in international healthcare research, 30 Russian scientists recently completed a training course in international good laboratory practice’s, a move that could begin to create new scientific opportunities and open new economic markets for the country. Note: Posting [...]
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